Were you going to have your split oriented mon, tues, thurs, fri? Your legs may still be quite sore for deadlifts on thursday after leg work on tuesday, as that's only one real day of rest in between. If I were you, I would add in one more pressing lift on shoulders in place of upright rows, but before lat raises and I would move dips to after your bench work and do them more upright to focus more on your triceps. Back day and leg day look good, but what were you planning to do for calves?

Thanks for the replies. Yeah I didn't really know what to do for the reps... I just figured 6-8 for assistance and 3-5 for my main lifts. Should I ramp or do static weight for my major lifts? I will always do my big 3 first in the workout and drop bulg. splits from the leg day, too.

ZisDeadBaby wrote:Thanks for the replies. Yeah I didn't really know what to do for the reps... I just figured 6-8 for assistance and 3-5 for my main lifts. Should I ramp or do static weight for my major lifts? I will always do my big 3 first in the workout and drop bulg. splits from the leg day, too.

If you are a beginner and in need of a routine with complete explanation etc, go to madcow's 5x5 site.

If you think that you do understand lifting well enough (bodybuilding in particular) and common sense is a strong point of yours, check that 3-way I posted in the "ramping or not" thread and/or read "professor X: a request" (thread).

Cephalic_Carnage wrote:ZisDeadBaby wrote:Thanks for the replies. Yeah I didn't really know what to do for the reps... I just figured 6-8 for assistance and 3-5 for my main lifts. Should I ramp or do static weight for my major lifts? I will always do my big 3 first in the workout and drop bulg. splits from the leg day, too.

If you are a beginner and in need of a routine with complete explanation etc, go to madcow's 5x5 site.

If you think that you do understand lifting well enough (bodybuilding in particular) and common sense is a strong point of yours, check that 3-way I posted in the "ramping or not" thread and/or read "professor X: a request" (thread).

I'd consider myself an intermediate lifter. I did 12 weeks of mad-cows + some Rippetoes before I decided to change to splits and focus on bodybuilding. I did some searching around the site (thanks for the threads) and I see that ramping isn't too bad an idea. I think I will ramp the main lifts at LEAST.

ZisDeadBaby wrote:Cephalic_Carnage wrote:ZisDeadBaby wrote:Thanks for the replies. Yeah I didn't really know what to do for the reps... I just figured 6-8 for assistance and 3-5 for my main lifts. Should I ramp or do static weight for my major lifts? I will always do my big 3 first in the workout and drop bulg. splits from the leg day, too.

If you are a beginner and in need of a routine with complete explanation etc, go to madcow's 5x5 site.

If you think that you do understand lifting well enough (bodybuilding in particular) and common sense is a strong point of yours, check that 3-way I posted in the "ramping or not" thread and/or read "professor X: a request" (thread).

I'd consider myself an intermediate lifter. I did 12 weeks of mad-cows + some Rippetoes before I decided to change to splits and focus on bodybuilding. I did some searching around the site (thanks for the threads) and I see that ramping isn't too bad an idea. I think I will ramp the main lifts at LEAST.

You did 12 weeks of those 5x5 things... What are your lifts like, now?

As for ramping... If you go with my routine (or one based on pX's stuff), then all lifts you want to progress on are ramped.